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Mankind can find enough strength within itself to live for virtue’s sake, even without believing in the immortality of the soul.
“Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder to change.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“It wasn’t about who had dibs now or who was sitting next to whom in the cinema. The game had changed; or rather, it wasn’t a game at all anymore. It was a matter of making it through the night, which is often harder than it sounds, and always a very individual business.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“The best musicians transpose consciousness into sound; painters do the same for color and shape.”
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“That's why people take vacations. No to relax or find excitement or see new places. To escape the death that exists in routine things.”
― White Noise
― White Noise
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